Original description:
Lemur indri Gmelin, 1788, Syst. Nat., 13th ed., 1: 42.
Synonyms:
Indri brevicaudatus E. Geoffroy, 1796 (as brevicandatus)
Indri niger Lacépède, 1799 (Audebert pl01)
Indris ater I. Geoffroy, 1825
Lichanotus mitratus Peters, 1871
Indris variegatus Gray, 1872a
Common names:
Indri [English]
Short-tailed Indris [English]
Indri [French]
Indri [German]
Indri [Dutch]
Babakoto [Malagasy] = "father of Rakoto, our ancestor"
Amboanala [Malagasy] = "dog of the forest", after its cry
Endrinda [Malagasy]